Door hanger bracket



y 16, 1967 G. E. DURAND 3,319,915

DOOR HANGER BRACKET Filed July 23, 1965 42 IIIIINM I5 WW 6/4552 E. Due/4N0 42 2 INVENTOR.

W m 244w ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,319,915 D9012 HANGER BRACKET Gilbert E. Durand, 1483 Royal Blvd., Glendale, Calif. 91207 Filed July 23, 1965, Ser. No. 474,355 12 Claims. (Cl. 248-205) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The application discloses a bracket having a body which is detachably 'securable to a door frame by a thumbscrew and which is partially receivable in a hinge recess in the jamb. A door support plate extends adjustably to either side of the body.

This invention has to do generally with devices for use in hanging doors.

In the hanging of doors, irrespective of the method used, it is necessary to support the door independently of the doorframe for such period of time as required to partially hang the door on the frame. This presents a considerable problem where heavy doors are involved and requires the use of extra carpenters or laborers or some mechanical means to support the door at the proper height. I am aware that various devices have been used for supporting doors, particularly where work is to be done thereon, but so far as I know, such devices are designed to rest upon the floor. However, in many buildings the floor is unfinished and rough and uneven at the time the doors are hung, making it impracticable to support the door at the proper height by any means which must rest on the floor.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel device which will be termed a door hanger bracket by means of which a person hanging a door can support the door at the proper height and in position adjacent the doorjamb completely independently of the floor of the building or any means which must rest upon the floor.

Another object is to provide a novel door hanger bracket particularly designed for use in hanging doors in metal doorframes having preformed hinge cutouts or recesses and threaded bores for the mounting screws but which is also well suited for use in hanging doors in conventional wooden frames.

More particularly it is an object to provide a door hanger device which can be detachably mounted on the doorjamb and which provides an adjustable door support extending laterally of the jamb upon which a door with a preinstalled hinge may be rested.

These and other objects will be apparent from the drawing and the following description. Referring to the drawing, which is for illustrative purposes only:

FIG. 1 is an isometric view, somewhat diagrammatic, showing a door supported upon a device embodying the invention adjacent the doorjamb upon which it is to be mounted;

FIG. 2 is a face view of the device of the invention installed on the doorjamb, the doorjamb and a portion of the door being shown fragmentarily and the view being on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view on line 44 of FIG. 2.

More particularly describing the invention, numeral 11 generally designates a building wall on which there is shown a doorframe 12. The latter includes an upright doorjamb 13 at one side upon which a door 14 is to be mounted. The floor of the building is designated 15 and it may be assumed that the floor has not yet been finished and is neither level nor at the proper elevation. The door 14 has previously been provided with three or more conventional butt hinges 16.

The doorjamb is shown provided with three recessed or cutout areas, designated 18, in which the plates of the hinges 16 are to be mounted. In the particular frame shown it may be assumed that the doorjamb is of metal and provided with threaded bores 19 therein in which the mounting screws for the hinges are ultimately received. The device of the invention, designated generally by numeral 21, is shown attached to the doorjamb in the region of the lowermost of the recessed areas 18. However, it might be placed at one of the other recessed areas.

The device 21 comprises an elongated body 22 which for convenience is shown made of metal in the form of a bar of rectangular cross section. The rear surface of the body is stepped to provide a first or major surface 23, a recessed second or minor surface 24 and a downwardly facing shoulder 25 therebetween. The shoulder, as will later appear, forms an abutment for hearing against the lower edge 18 of the recessed area 18 in the doorjamb. It is not essential that the rear or back surface of the body he provided with the two flat surfaces described, but only that a projecting portion adapted to seat in the recess and provide a supporting abutment in place of surface 23 and shoulder 25, and that another surface or means be provided for engaging the front face 26 of the doorjamb below the recessed area 18.

The body 22 is provided with a plurality of apertures or openings 28 and these are arranged in a predetermined pattern so designed that, when the device is placed as shown on the doorjamb, at least one of the holes will register with one of the existing threaded bores 19 in the metal frame, such bores 19 normally being arranged in one of several standard patterns.

For the purpose of detachably securing the device temporarily to the doorjamb, I provide a screw 30 which has a knurled head 39' for convenience. The screw is preferably tethered to the body as by means of a chain 31 which is anchored to the body by screw 32. The screw has threads 33 designed for the .type of threads provided in the threaded bores in the doorjamb, however, in the case of a wooden jamb the screw would be of a type having wood screw threads. If desired, the outer end of each of the openings 28 may be chamfered at 35 and the enlarged portion 36 of the screw provided with a beveled portion 37 to seat therein.

The body is provided with a transversely extending recess 40 having parallel walls or shoulders 41 to accommodate a door support member 42 which preferably is in the form of a slotted rectangular plate, the slot being designated 43. A stud 44 on the body projects through the slot in the plate and a large nut 45 with a knurled head 46 is provided for securing the plate in adjusted position.

The recess 40 has its upper wall 41 in the same plane as the shoulder 25 and thus the door support member is so disposed as to provide an upper edge or surface 48 which is in the same plane at the same elevation as the shoulder 25. The door support member projects laterally of the body beyond the jamb to the appropriate side and in use the door is supported thereon as shown in FIG. 1 by placing the butt hinge thereon. Thus the door is automatically held or supported at the proper elevation by the device since the upper surface 48 of the door support plate 42 is at the elevation of the lower edge of the recess 18 in the door. It will be appreciated of course that in the use of the device the carpenter must first raise the door onto the suport and then hold it there as he proceeds to attach the hinges at the other locations on the door to the jamb. After one or more hinges have been secured,

the device may be removed and the other hinge or hinges secured in place.

Although I have shown and described a preferred form of my invention, I contemplate that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the invention, the scope of which is indicated by the following claims. For example, I contemplate that the body of the device need not actually bear against the shoulder at the bottom of the hinge recess in the door jamb and, in this connection, the body could be made without the downwardly facing shoulder 25 in which case it might require more than one screw to fasten it securely to the jamb.

I claim:

1. A door hanger bracket adapted to be secured to a door jamb having butt hinge plate recesses in its surface, comprising a body adapted to be secured to the door jamb with a portion received in one of the recesses in the door jam'b and bearing against the shoulder in the jamb defining the bottom of the recess, and a door support member mounted on said body and extending laterally thereof and providing an upper surface portion at the height of the bottom of the recess upon which to place a butt hinge installed on the door to be hung and thereby support the door thereon.

2. A door hanger bracket adapted to be detachably secured to a door jamb having butt hinge plate recesses, comprising an elongated body providing a stepped rear surface including a first surface adapted to be placed against the recessed portion of one of the recesses in the door 'jamb and a second surface recessed with respect to the first surface and adapted to be placed against the door jamp, said first and second surfaces being connected by a transverse shoulder adapted to abut the lower edge of the recess in the door jamb, and a door support member mounted on said body extending transversely and laterally to one side thereof, said door support member providing an upper surface in the same plane as said shoulder upon which to place a butt hinge installed on the door to be hung and thereby support the door thereon.

3. The door hanger bracket set forth in claim 2 in which said body is apertured to receive a screw for detachably securing the body to the door jamb.

4. The door hanger bracket set forth in claim 2 in which said body is provided with an aperture to receive a screw for detachably securing the body to the door jamb, and in which said body carries a screw receivable in and through said aperture.

5. The door hanger bracket set forth in claim 2 in which said body is provided with a pattern of apertures designed to provide for registration of individual apertures with a threaded bore of standard patterns of threaded bores commonly provided in the recessed hinge area of the door jamb, said apertures being designed to selectively receive a screw.

6. The door hanger bracket set forth in claim in which a screw is carried by said body for reception in a selected aperture of the body.

7. A door hanger bracket adapted to be secured to a door jamb having butt hinge plate recesses in its surface, 5 comprising a body adapted to be secured to the door jamb with a portion received in one of the recesses in the door jamb and bearing against the shoulder in the jamb at the bottom of the recess, and a door suport member mounted on said body and extending laterally thereof and providing an upper surface portion at the height of the bottom of the recess upon which to place a butt hinge installed on the door to be hung and thereby support the door thereon, said body having a pattern of holes therethrough providing for the registration of various holes thereof with a threaded bore of each of various standard patterns of threaded bores provided in the hinge plate recesses, a screw for selective reception in said hole and the threaded bore therebeyond, and a tether connecting said screw to the body.

for mounting a butt-type hinge, a door bracket member partially received in said recess and providing a laterally projecting door supporting surface at the elevation of the lower edge of the recess and laterally of the jamb, and a mounting member extending through said body and into said door jamb.

9. The combination set forth in claim 8 in which said mounting member is a screw.

10. A door hanger bracket, comprising an elongated body having a recessed rear surface at its lower end portion below a downwardly facing transverse abutment, said body having an aperture therethrough from front to rear for reception of a screw or the like, a door support plate mounted on said body and extending transversely thereof, said plate being adjustable to extend to either side of said body, said plate providing an upper surface portion at the same height as said abutment.

11. The door hanger bracket set forth in claim 10 in which said door support plate is mounted in a transverse recess in the front face of said body, in which said plate is longitudinally slotted and receives a stud on said body.

12. The door hanger bracket set forth in claim 10 in which said body is provided with a plurality of apertures therethrough and carries a screw on a tether for insertion in a selected aperture.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,140,977 5/1915 Graebe 40128 2,570,430 10/1951 Cramer 33-194 2,830,379 4/1958 Myers 33194 2,966,181 12/1960 Zern 144-144 CHANCELLOR E, HARRIS, Primazy Examiner,

CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Examiner.

J. F. FOSS, Assistant Examiner,

8. In combination with a door jamb having a recess 

1. A DOOR HANGER BRACKET ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A DOOR JAMB HAVING BUTT HINGE PLATE RECESSES IN ITS SURFACE, COMPRISING A BODY ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE DOOR JAMB WITH A PORTION RECEIVED IN ONE OF THE RECESSES IN THE DOOR JAMB AND BEARING AGAINST THE SHOULDER IN THE JAMB DEFINING THE BOTTOM OF THE RECESS, AND A DOOR SUPPORT MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID BODY AND EXTENDING LATERALLY THEREOF 